NOUN | state | manic depression, bipolar disorder, manic depressive illness, manic-depressive psychosis | a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression |
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Meaning | A mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression. | |
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Synonyms | bipolar disorder, manic depressive illness, manic-depressive psychosis | |
Narrower | cyclothymia, cyclothymic disorder, cyclic disorder | A mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time |
Broader | affective disorder, major affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance | Any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant |
Spanish | psicosis maniacodepresiva, trastorno bipolar | |
Catalan | trastorn bipolar |
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